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Issue: Pirates Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1950
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Issues: #2 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: A Hillman PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Edward Cronin
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going series
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Most Notorious Buccaneers of the Seas

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Suchorsky
Inker(s): Mike Suchorsky
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
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Pages: 1
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Can You Solve This Crime?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Institute of Applied Science
Synopsis: Find the hidden clue, identify the finger print and tell which was on the spike.
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Cusack the Pirate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Prentice [as Prentice] (signed)
Inker(s): John Prentice [as Prentice] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Cusack (pirate); Captain North
Synopsis: Cusack and several men manage to break out of prison and take over a ship to turn pirates. Based on a true story.
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Oleck
Penciller(s): Mike Suchorsky
Inker(s): Mike Suchorsky
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Alpha the Slave Pirate
Character(s): Alpha; Gaius; Caractus (Alemanni)
First Line: It was the year 25 A.D.
Synopsis: Alpha and his mates encounter Germanic tribesmen.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Suchorsky's fine drawings can be recognized by the faces with many lines, and rounded lower lips and ears.

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Pirates on Wheels

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lawrence Dressler
Inker(s): Lawrence Dressler
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Oleg (Rus viking of Kiev)
Synopsis: Swedish vikings from the Rus kingdom of Kiev sail down the River Dnieper to get to Constantinople for a plunder.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Dressler drew Howard Pyle's "Men of Iron" and Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Master of Ballantrae" for Classics Illustrated, and some westerns for Hillman. He can be recognized by his inklines and bright eyes in close up.
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Amazing All-Over Rain-Cover Bargain

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Surplus Sales
Synopsis: U.S. Gov't surplus sales, and you will never get another one at this low price.
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Pages: 1
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Pirate Poison

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Bey of Tunis; Commodore Preble
Synopsis: In the year 1803, a squadron of American Navy ships fights the pirates of the Barbary Coast of Tunis.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Allen Ulmer [as Ulmer] (signed)
Inker(s): Allen Ulmer [as Ulmer] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Philip Ashton Boy Pirate Fighter of the Old World
Character(s): Philip Ashton; Don Ivitzco (Spanish nobleman and Philip's uncle); El Sac [The Sack] (pirate)
First Line: Philip Ashton was a 15th century English boy
Synopsis: Philip meets Columbus at the Spanish court and captures the pirate El Sac.
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Pages: 9
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Mail Order Guide

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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Frankenstein mask, pinball machine and other items by mail order.
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Empty Sock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dave Berg [as Davy Berg] (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Berg [as Davy Berg] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, humorous
Character(s): Captain Pork-Chop; Pirate
Synopsis: They dig and find the treasure of Captain Blackbeard, but it is not to be opened until Christmas.
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2,000 Pirates at Once

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Paul Reinman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Synopsis: When the American colonies are forbidden to trade with foreigners, they take up trade with the pirates instead.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Reinman credits from "Saltarella" via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10789), 2016-12-12.
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Hopalong Cassidy

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Foster Products
Synopsis: Just take a look at the Hopalong Cassidy Western Steerhide Belt, and what about these gun and holster sets...
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Let's Go, Pal!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute
Character(s): George Jowett; Larry Campbell; Rex Ferris
Synopsis: Let Jowett prove he can make an All-Round He-Man out of you fast.
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Pages: 1
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Bad Skin?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Skin doctor's amazing simple directions on skin trouble.
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Reduce Fat!

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Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Healthaids Co.
Synopsis: Lose weight and improve your figure with guarantee.
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